I have recently been asked to join the Lawn Reform Coalition, a group of garden designers and environmental advocates who are promoting new ways to think about the American fetish for lawns. A well groomed lawn/garden does compliment any home. Sonoran Landesign does pool landscaping and general landscape design in the Phoenix Scottsdale area if[...]

Most gardens of any size are designed with wending in mind. Don’t you just love that Old English word “wending” ? So casual, carefree, and contemplative by inference. Even formal entries can invite wending.

For a recent photo shoot the client asked that I show the garden with bright colors and blue sky.  I almost always resist photographing gardens in bright light because the colors get contrasty and the shadows are often deep and impenetrable, but this particular garden was designed for big light, high on a sunny Marin[...]

I am a light stalker with my camera.  Finding the best time and the best light to photograph a garden factors into every shoot.  These days I am challenging myself to bring sunlight into my photographs.